Alumna Ané fairest in the Vaal

Contestants in the prestigious Mr and Miss Vaal beauty pageant recently shone on the red carpet during this glittering event.

However, the evening belonged to Ané Oosthuysen, an honours-degree student from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. As the newly crowned Miss Vaal, this brunette alumna faces a busy year.…

Robin Banks workshop: don’t miss out!

If you have not yet booked your seat for the much anticipated “Success is a choice” workshop by Robin Banks – one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of mind power and personal mastery – you should hurry-up and do so.

The workshop is set to take place on 10 October at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in…

Busy month for NWU’s Optentia

It promises to be a busy month ahead for the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area with a number of workshops aimed at professionals, members of academia and postgraduate students.

Workshop on employment and inclusiveness

On 16 October, Prof Roland Blonk, an extraordinary professor in Optentia, will be…

Smart station at NWU will monitor air quality and weather

Vanderbijlpark, a pollution hotspot, has been chosen as the location for a state-of-the-art observation station that will monitor both the weather and air quality.

This multi-million-rand development will see the North-West University (NWU) becoming the first higher education institution in the country to host a permanent monitoring station…

NWU graduates shine during October graduation ceremony

The October graduation ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark was a memorable event. As the more than 100 graduates crossed the stage, proud loved ones ululated, cheered and applauded in unison.

In her address, Prof Linda du Plessis, deputy vice-chancellor for planning and campus operations in…

EWP gala showdown to celebrate female entrepreneurs

With women still in the minority when it comes to South Africa’s entrepreneurial landscape, the North-West University (NWU) is working hard to empower women within its demographical footprint to become self-sufficient business owners.

Seven years since the inception of the NWU’s entrepreneurship accelerator programme, Enterprising Women (…

Campus salutes school principals as important partners in collaboration

The division for Student Recruiting at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently held a “thank you” event for school principals of the Vanderbijlpark region. 

The purpose of the event was to thank the school principals of strategically identified top feeder schools for their loyal commitment to the academic…

ICIL2019: highlighting the importance of information literacy in all spheres of life

“We have been offering media and information literacy modules since the turn of the new millennium, but the question remains if we are indeed impacting and enabling the level of information literacy among our constituencies.”

This was the question raised by Dr Mathew Moyo, chief director for library and information service at the North-West…

Homecoming event sees alumni gather to make an impact

If you thought that a reunion is nothing but a nostalgic trip down memory lane, you are seriously mistaken. For the Young Alumni fraternity of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, their annual reunion – or Homecoming - represents an opportunity to positively impact the lives of graduates to come.

On Saturday, 28…

NWU Vaal and KFC Mini Cricket Festival: little cricketers, big aspirations!

When it comes to young cricket talent, the Vanderbijlpark region is well on its way to produce the next AB de Villiers, JP Duminy and Kagiso Rabada.  This was evident during the recent KFC Mini Cricket Festival that was hosted at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The event saw 590 youngsters (representative of 20…